MINUTES OF
MEETING
NORTH SPRINGS
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
A meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the North Springs Improvement
District was held on
Present and constituting a quorum were:
Steve Mendelson
President
David Gray
Secretary
Vincent Morretti
Assistant Secretary
Also present were:
Kenneth Cassel
District Manager
Dennis Lyles
District Counsel
Jane Early
District Engineer
Sean Skehan
CH2M Hill
Nick Schooley
Drainage Supervisor
Joe Sabino
The following is a summary of the minutes and actions taken at the
FIRST ORDER
OF BUSINESS
Roll Call
Mr. Cassel
called the meeting to order and called the roll.
SECOND ORDER
OF BUSINESS
Approval of the Minutes of the January 7, 2009
Meeting
Mr. Cassel stated each Board member received a copy of the minutes of the
There not being any,
On MOTION by
Mr. Mendelson seconded by Mr. Gray with all in favor the minutes of the
THIRD ORDER
OF BUSINESS
Consideration of First Amendment to Agreement between the City of
There being no questions or comments,
On MOTION by
Mr. Mendelson seconded by Mr. Gray with all in favor the first amendment to the
agreement between the City of
FOURTH ORDER
OF BUSINESS
Consideration of Permits
A.
Surface Water Management Permit for
Ms. Early discussed the following:
·
This
is a typical surface water management permit; however, they are over 40
acres.
·
They
will have to secure a permit modification from SFWMD.
·
Other
special conditions are listed in a letter, which is attached hereto and made
part of the public record.
On MOTION by
Mr. Mendelson seconded by Mr. Gray with all in favor the surface water
management permit for
B.
Right-of-Way Permit – The Landings of
The
following was discussed:
·
The
original bridges installed became dilapidated and were removed. They want to install new
bridges.
·
There
is a variance from the District’s standard criteria in the width between the
bents. The District typically
requires a 15 foot bent width. It
will cost them an extra $16,000 to redesign the bridge. Mr. Schooley
is okay with a 10 foot bent width; however they must still comply with a 6 foot
clearance above water.
·
Staff
recommends approval as presented.
On MOTION by
Mr. Mendelson seconded by Mr. Gray with all in favor the right-of-way permit for
The Landings of Parkland was approved.
FIFTH ORDER
OF BUSINESS
Staff Reports
A.
Manager
i.
Water Production Report
ii.
Utility Billing Work Orders
Mr.
Cassel briefly reviewed the above items, which are attached hereto and made a
part of the public record.
B.
Attorney
Mr. Lyles reported the following:
·
Staff
retained a firm to represent the District in
·
The
law firm is White and Williams, LLP and the partner in charge of the District’s
litigation is Mr. James S. Yoder.
·
A
proof of claim and responsive pleadings were filed in time. The total amount of the claim is an
excess of $12.5 Million.
·
The
necessary motion will be filed to get the District out of the bankruptcy
proceedings.
·
Staff
believes the District will be in tact when this is over and will not suffer
significant consequences as a result.
C.
Engineer
i.
Project Status Report
The following was discussed:
·
Mr.
Skehan reported staff is close to getting results on the groundwater modeling
they have been working on. Staff
will review the results within the next month. There will be various stages to this
process.
·
Ms.
Early received a memorandum with regard to the Memorandum of Understanding staff
has been working on for over a year with SFWMD to pump from Pump Station
#1. If we have a Memorandum of
Understanding with CSID and they do not pump, but NSID has excess water and
pumps for 24 hours, they are concerned a large rainfall will cause a flood and
they will be sued. Staff is working
with SFWMD regarding this.
·
Mr.
Cassel stated staff is looking into changing from chlorine gas to sodium
hypochlorite for disinfection as well as changing from ammonium gas to a liquid
ammonium. This will be less
expensive and provides for safer handling.
The Board will be presented with a work authorization for design work as
well as an estimate of construction cost at a future meeting.
SIXTH ORDER
OF BUSINESS
Approval of Financials and Check Registers
There being no questions or comments,
On MOTION by
Mr. Gray seconded by Mr. Mendelson with all in favor the financials and check
registers were approved.
·
Staff
is working on a schedule of dates for the fiscal year 2010
budget.
·
There
was a brief discussion of the bidding process for the
District.
SEVENTH ORDER
OF BUSINESS
Adjournment
There
being no further business,
On MOTION by
Mr. Mendelson seconded by Mr. Gray with all in favor the meeting was
adjourned.
David Gray
Steve Mendelson
Secretary
President